"You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll feel every emotion there is within the first few chapters of this book and will continue on until the very last page." -Michelle Jo Quinn, author of Confessions of a Wedding Planner and the bestselling Bliss Series
"I love Liz Durano's real romance style of writing. I love her imperfect characters and how beautifully alive her locations feel. I've never been to Taos but someday when I go I'll feel like I'm coming home. Loved the book!" - Carly Quinn, author of Solitude and Kawaipuna Cottage
"She brings to this adorable, yet serious, yet light-hearted romance a deep humanity that defines the novel and its author. Discover Ashe and fall in love with him the way I did and then see how hard it is to find that love, trust it and fall in love again." - Mary L. Tabor, author of The Woman Who Never Cooked
She had the plan. He had forever.
At forty-one, Cassie Reynolds has a plan: finish her compliance contract at Pierce Enterprises and single motherhood through a sperm donor. No complications. No risk.
Elliot Pierce ruins that plan the moment she walks into his office.
Seven years ago, she was his Stanford mentor. Now he's the CEO she's supposed to assess with complete objectivity—except there's nothing objective about the way he looks at her. Getting involved could destroy both their careers.
But when professional boundaries blur into something neither can resist, Cassie faces an impossible choice: protect the reputation she spent twenty years building, or risk everything for a man who makes her want things she swore she'd never want again.
Some things can't be controlled. Some risks are worth taking.
And some secrets won't stay hidden forever.
When transplant surgeon Harlow James hits the open the road after a devastating personal loss and ends up in Taos, New Mexico, she hopes to find out where she went wrong.
Instead, she finds the perfect man.
There's only one problem: he's too young.
But even if master woodworker Dax Drexel is the perfect distraction to her problems, can their fling survive the scrutiny of her profession, her friends and his family? And when all is said and done, can she find the strength to return to the world that betrayed her and pick up the pieces she left behind?
After a crazy year that began with my business partner's divorce followed by scandal for being with a much younger man, I decided to let it all go... that is, have a one-night stand with a younger man.
A year later, here I am with a baby whose father has been AWOL since that night... which is totally fine by me since I told everyone I got pregnant via a sperm donor.
Okay, technically, I lied. But it's a better story to tell everyone instead of the truth. After all, I do have a reputation to uphold.
But when Jordan O'Halloran shows up at my clinic after spending a year building schools overseas, the last thing I want to do is lie (again). Piper is his daughter and he has every right to be part of her life.
We just have to get our story straight in front of my very old-fashioned Filipina mother and Jordan's ex-girlfriend who hasn't quite accepted that he's moved on.
But there's more to co-parenting than I ever anticipated... like feelings that become all too real between us. But can a real relationship grow from a one-night stand? And is Jordan choosing to be with me only because of the baby?
A broken Marine.
His best friend's devastated widow.
Both determined to keep their promises no matter the cost... even love.
When Marine veteran Sawyer Villier remembers a promise he made to a friend while they were both deployed a lifetime ago, he’ll do anything to fulfill it now, especially after his buddy becomes a casualty of postwar PTSD.
But Sawyer's not the only one determined to keep his promises.
Drew's widow has one of her own and she'll do everything she can to keep her late husband's memory safe no matter what the cost... even love.
When I wake up in my brother's best friend's bed the morning after he rescues me from the worst blind date I've ever had, two things are suddenly so clear:1) No way am I ever letting my BFF set me up with anyone ever again and 2) my brother's best friend is the hottest thing on two legs I've ever seen...
Oh, and why don't I want to be "just friends" anymore?
Wait, that makes three things.
But is a fling worth sacrificing a lifetime of trust between our families? Or is it worth a shot at something that had always been there all along?
Ten years of friendship. One weekend to fall in love. A lifetime to get it right.
Dr. Andrea Martin has built the perfect life: a thriving nonprofit clinic, a successful influencer daughter, and a carefully guarded heart.
But when her ex-husband's betrayal threatens to overshadow her daughter's wedding, she makes a desperate choice—asking her best friend and colleague to pose as her boyfriend.
Dr. Gabriel Vasquez has been in love with Andrea for years, hiding his feelings behind easy friendship and casual relationships. Now he has one weekend to prove that what's between them is more than just pretense.
But when fear makes Andrea push him away, Gabe must decide if their love is worth fighting for—even when she won't fight for it herself.
After her last relationship ends in disaster, travel nurse Sarah Drexel takes a job on the reservation, believing it far enough away from civilization for anyone to recognize her.
But all that changes when environmental protection specialist Benny Turner walks into her clinic. He used to be her best friend until the night she told him her deepest darkest secrets and everything changed between them.
But Sarah's not the only one with something to hide.
For Benny, being half-Navajo means straddling two worlds. It means never quite belonging to either one without having to constantly prove himself. But just when he decides to settle down on the reservation for good, Benny runs into the only woman he's always wanted but convinced himself he could never have. Until now.
Duty or love? Which one will he choose?*
Three years after her ex-boyfriend left her to pursue his Hollywood dream, barista Riley Eames is still haunted by questions only he can answer. So when he asks to meet her after a full day of press junkets, she reluctantly agrees – only to get stuck in the hotel elevator with rising British actor Ashe Hunter who's in town to promote his next movie.
He's gorgeous, polite, and before the night is over, smitten with the woman who has no idea who he is.
But even as sparks fly between them, it’s going to take more than a celebrity romance to get Riley’s life moving again for the ex-boyfriend is back in town and with him, the answers to the questions that will change Riley’s life forever.
To his fans, Ashe Hunter is the perfect man, the classically trained British actor taking Hollywood and Broadway by storm.
To his American girlfriend, Riley Eames, he is a man in love who'll do anything to keep her safe from the prying eyes of paparazzi suddenly digging into her life.
But to someone from his past, Ashe is her ticket to Hollywood fame, and she'll do anything to get it even if it means tearing down the perfect image he built for himself long after he left her.
What happens when last year's one-night stand turns out to be your hometown's hottest doctor?
Apparently, not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas... and for thirty-something ad exec Ava Turner, that's exactly what happens when her one-night stand turns out to be Auburn Springs' newest-and hottest-doctor.
And when things heat up between them again, Ava must decide whether her big city dreams are more important than a chance at finding love in the small town she thought she left behind.
But when you've spent the last seven years going after the biggest promotion of your career (and that coveted corner office!), falling in love with the right man just might be easier said than done.
When my father issues his ultimatum to settle down or get cut off from the family fortune, the last thing I expect is to hear him mention my assistant’s name.
Did he really mean Giana, my plain Jane assistant who just happens to be a whiz with blueprints and LEED documentation? The same Giana who’s always made me look good while expertly disappearing in the background?
So I give my dad exactly what he wants: I get engaged to the only woman he’s ever approved of.
Sure, it’s fake, and with everyone getting what they want from the arrangement whether it’s getting my dad’s very rare seal of approval to a hotel expansion that’ll exceed every green building rating in the world, what’s the worst thing that could happen?
Someone is setting up my twin sister to fall for a crime I know she didn't commit. And the only man who can help me save her is the last man I can trust.
Ruthless billionaire Heath Kheiron thinks I’m his brother’s glamorous girlfriend. A gold digger he’s determined to track down and punish.
Only I’m not Blythe... I’m her twin sister, Billie, visiting from our small hometown of Nevada City, California.
But to get Blythe out of harm’s way, I’ll have to step into my sister’s shoes.
I have to work with Heath, pretend to be his girlfriend for a day. Maybe more. And maybe then, my sister and I can get out with our lives.
But only if I don't lose my heart first.
Being a SEAL was the only life he knew... until he wasn't.
But when he runs into someone who knew him as he used to be, can he accept the changes and move on?
It's been a year since a Humvee accident changed Navy SEAL Trevor Hawthorne's life forever, the adrenaline rush that was the only life he knew now gone. In its place is a life where he'll have to constantly prove to everyone that he's as good as, if not better than the man he was before.
For Taos native Claudia Romero, life is about graduating from a demanding Physical Therapy program so she can show people back home that she's more than the girl who made a very public mistake so long ago. And with one more internship in Virginia Beach to complete, she's almost there.
But when she runs into the man she had a one-night-stand with a year and a half earlier, there's no denying that the attraction they felt that night is still there, stronger than ever.
But what happens when she learns he's no longer the same man he used to be? And with a job waiting for her in Taos as soon as she graduates, can a man's love replace her need for forgiveness?
Is there room for second chances when one is unable to let go of the past?
After her workroom is set on fire and there’s a clear threat to her safety, fashion CEO Autumn Alonso takes her lawyer’s advice to lie low at her family home for the first time in years.
The last thing she expects to find is Griffin West, the man she left behind ten years earlier when she decided her dream was more important than his love. Seeing him again is a reminder that there’s more to life than distracting herself with professional success while holding onto her bitter past like armor.
Yet even as Autumn starts letting go of her painful past, Griffin isn’t sure how someone like her could settle for a wounded veteran like him. And when trouble follows Autumn home, can he prove to her that he’s the same man he used to be?
If you like angsty second chance, wounded warriors romances, you’ll love this steamy angst read.
He's the billionaire CEO set on demolishing my community center. I'm the activist willing to risk everything to save it.
When Declan Pierce offers me a so-called “collaboration,” I know it’s a trap. But it might also be the only chance to protect my father’s legacy.
The real danger? The way this devastatingly handsome enemy looks at me—like I matter more than profit margins.
Can love survive when loyalty and legacy are on the line?
She built an empire without him. Now he wants a second chance to deserve her.
Four years ago, Cameron Judd chose family approval over Lianne Peralta. Now she’s LA’s premier luxury event planner—and he’s her newest client.
The $2 million Sterling Industries gala could make her career. Working with the man who broke her heart could destroy it.
Cameron claims he’s changed, that he’ll fight for her this time. But Lianne spent a lifetime in foster care learning that she’s temporary—that eventually, everyone sees something wrong and sends her away. His mother’s reminder that she’ll never truly belong in his world only confirms what she already fears.
When her own insecurities threaten to destroy their second chance, Lianne must decide: let fear protect her from heartbreak, or be brave enough to believe she deserves to be chosen.
This time, words won’t be enough. Cameron will have to prove some love is worth fighting for—and Lianne will have to fight her own demons to accept it.
She had the plan. He had forever.
At forty-one, Cassie Reynolds has a plan: finish her compliance contract at Pierce Enterprises and single motherhood through a sperm donor. No complications. No risk.
Elliot Pierce ruins that plan the moment she walks into his office.
Seven years ago, she was his Stanford mentor. Now he's the CEO she's supposed to assess with complete objectivity—except there's nothing objective about the way he looks at her. Getting involved could destroy both their careers.
But when professional boundaries blur into something neither can resist, Cassie faces an impossible choice: protect the reputation she spent twenty years building, or risk everything for a man who makes her want things she swore she'd never want again.
Some things can't be controlled. Some risks are worth taking.
And some secrets won't stay hidden forever.
After majoring in Journalism in college, Liz Durano realized she preferred writing fictional stories over news and ad copy. These days, she writes women's fiction and contemporary sweet and spicy romance.
She loves coffee, books, and 80s music. When she's not living vicariously through her characters, she's usually walking with friends, tackling her out-of-control TBR, or rewatching her favorite shows. Succession and Somebody Somewhere anyone?
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